The combination of these things made Wen Xishu realize something was amiss.
Britney doesn't love studying, yet she became a teacher...
And those fleeting headlines—titles like "Playful Britney," "Social Experiment," and so forth—triggered some new memories in Wen Xishu.
"No way... Could it be that Britney has been in this environment all along?"
The reason why Britney is so special, why she is so popular in this area, seems to have been found.
Magic City.
This counts as Wen Xishu unlocking a new city in the Three-Tower World.
Britney's memories aren't complex, but they are absurd enough.
From childhood to adulthood, Britney lived in a massive, meticulously woven lie.
All her friends and family, all her social relationships... were fake.
Her daily experiences were exposed in countless hidden cameras.
Simply put, everything about Britney is a script.
But she doesn't know it herself.
The direction of Britney's life is decided by audience votes.
What kind of person Britney would become, whom she would fall in love with, when her parents would die, it was all a show.
Not long ago, Britney's parents died in a car accident, but it was all for the program effect. People got tired of seeing Britney's joy, they wanted to see Britney's vulnerability.
Britney began to feel depressed.
This is the memory Wen Xishu unlocked, but in fact, it was just a kind of montage.
Britney's depression had little to do with her parents' death; she was depressed because she finally discovered the truth of the world.
She lived in a gigantic lie. She realized this early on.
It could even be said that her parents' death was her own plan.
She kept hinting to those qualified to write the script, saying her life was happy, every day was happy.
Saying that nothing sad would happen in her life, that no one would ever see her tears.
As a result, soon, these words stimulated the audience, and they voted to kill Britney's parents...
In a way, Britney managed to reverse-manipulate those manipulating her...
But she was not happy, because it further proved that she was living in a "lie."
She learned to dance, learned to cook, and ultimately became a teacher, became a goddess in many people's eyes... it was all just an act.
"Chris's story is absurd, Zhou Fei's as well, but neither is as much as Britney's..."
After digesting all the memories, Wen Xishu began pondering some details.
He gradually adjusted to the gazes around him, then put on a fake smile.
The smile was more radiant than sunlight.
The Good People around him also began to respond to this smile, only their greedy gazes hadn't changed.
"Social experiment... the Good People's favorite show."
"In Britney's memories, there are these things, it seems she indeed knows about the existence of the Good People."
"For her, not only is life fake, even the actors aren't real humans..."
"Her coming here, maybe it was her choice?"
"The Good People really like the Britney in the program... which also explains why Britney, although here, hasn't been completely parasitized."
Wen Xishu was unsure; regarding Britney's past, more memory clues are needed.
However, the trigger conditions for unlocking memories aren't strict; Wen Xishu didn't deeply search for them, but he already had some understanding of the past of the three.
But as for the Good People, Wen Xishu didn't understand them much.
"I might have underestimated the influence of the Good People, it seems, the spirits wiped out in this soul concentration camp are numerous."
"Besides, I previously speculated that the Good People follow a hive mind... controlled by a single queen. However, some self-awareness was retained."
"Assuming this hypothesis stands... the collective liking of Britney by the Good People might not be because Britney is universally captivating."
"Rather, it's because the master of the Good People, that proto-type, queen bee, Insect Sect Queen-like figure, likes Britney?"
"But I can't let my guard down because of this..."
Wen Xishu hadn't forgotten rule four, that they like xxx things, they have xxxxx desires, and after xxx reaches its limit, they xxxxxxx.
Although the rule was mostly obscured, Wen Xishu could guess... as Britney is favored by "them," her end is likely wont be good.
Escape is necessary.
This time, the qualified individuals might be the three of them: "Zhou Fei," "Chris," and "Britney."
These three need to escape.
But to get out of here, not only must the terrain be thoroughly understood, but the Good People must also be known well enough.
Wen Xishu began formulating a strategy in his mind:
"Britney is the only one who can observe the Good People up close."
"No doubt, I must use Zhou Fei to interpret the rules, and remember the geographical advantage, and use Chris to break certain hard barriers."
"But this alone isn't enough; I still have to figure out how to learn the enemy's weaknesses and characteristics..."
The biggest problem Wen Xishu currently faces is that he knows too little about the Good People.
He was also thinking which star constellation the actions of the Good People might originate from.
Wen Xishu's thoughts quickly shifted, because in the yard, a small creature appeared.
It was a cat. Surprisingly, there was a pet in this yard. The cat was sniffing around on the ground.
He looked at the cat thoughtfully.
The other people in the yard were oblivious to the cat.
Because even the cat was wearing a zebra-striped hospital gown. It was obviously a parasitized cat.
"Even the cat is parasitized? So that's why they're not curious?"